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Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2015A Advanced screenings of the new ESPN 30 for 30 Short Film titled "Delaney" that focuses on the life of Northwestern State great Joe Delaney, will be held Wednesday, Aug. 5, at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. at the Robinson Film Center

Published: Wednesday, July 15, 2015NATCHITOCHES – Cox Sports Television for the 13th consecutive year will showcase the 2015 induction class for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame when the annual ceremonies are broadcast on a tape-delayed basis beginning

Published: Monday, July 13, 2015RUSTON – Jimmy “Chick” Childress, one of the most successful high school football coaches in state history and a 2001 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee, passed away Sunday at the age of 83 in his

Published: Saturday, June 27, 2015PHOTO GALLERY
NATCHITOCHES – The eight athletes and coaches inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, like many before them, authored record-setting careers during their playing, coaching and training days.
So

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015PHOTO GALLERY
NATCHITOCHES – Wearing an NFL conference championship ring to a state sports hall of fame induction press conference would usually mean that athlete is the most accomplished in the room.
But not in a

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015It was Shreveport, probably 1956, maybe ’57, but Pat Collins remembers the moment specifically.
He was a 10th-grader living in the blue-collar neighborhoods of West End.
His father, Jack Henry Collins, a railroad

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015Seven jockeys of great respect have gone into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame over the years.
One of horse racing’s Eclipse Award winning owners is a member.
If at least one voting member had his way, a horse might

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015Jake Delhomme is still the same person he’s always been.
That might not seem that hard, but after all he’s achieved, the Breaux Bridge product still remains a product of his south Louisiana roots.
When Delhomme

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015It’s a lot quieter around the newsroom of the Lake Charles American Press these days.
Maybe it was just more proof of how much Bobby Dower truly loved his job, damning evidence that he really did see newspapers as his

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015Banks Menard still remembers the first time he ever heard about Kevin Faulk.
He was on the staff of new Carencro High head coach Mac Barousse at the time when the town’s middle school coach showed up at practice one

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015If there was ever a coach who built a program from the ground up, it was Yvette Girouard.
Literally.
And, shhhhh, don’t tell anyone. She had to steal the dirt for that ground.
“We didn’t have the budget

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015Don McCauley put it succinctly: “Paul inspires people through his leadership. He’s a natural leader, and he always has been.’’
He was discussing Paul Hoolahan, his old teammate at North Carolina and

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015Basketball courts dotted the city, spread in points from the Lafitte Projects in New Orleans like uneven spokes on a bicycle wheel.
Tonti Courts. Lemon Playground. Treme Center. Hike it to Algiers or City Park or Lawrence

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015He didn’t get into this crazy sports journalism business for the awards, although they came – more than 50 from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association and the Associated Press, at last count.
He didn’t

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015Even though his football career has been over since the 1991 season, it’s been an outstanding seven months for former McNeese State All-American and All-Pro NFL defensive back Leonard Smith.
A cornerback and record

Published: Thursday, June 25, 2015When Otis Washington graduated from Xavier University in New Orleans in 1961, he was your typical college graduate. He had no idea what he would do next.
He did have three options: head west to California, become involved

Published: Friday, June 19, 2015NATCHITOCHES – Although the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner next Saturday night is sold out, chances to meet the Hall’s Class of 2015 remain available with tickets to the Friday,

Published: Thursday, June 18, 2015NATCHITOCHES – Like most pitchers, Chris Brown wanted to live on the black.
In his two years as a Northwestern State right-hander, Brown did just that and more, striking out a school record 110 batters in 1997 and 71

Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2015SEATTLE – Bob Hopkins, a 1978 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee whose basketball career at Grambling set a state scoring record that even fellow future Hall of Famers like “Pistol” Pete Maravich and

Published: Wednesday, May 13, 2015PHOTO GALLERY
The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame was delighted to be a partner in the inaugural Best of Northwest Louisiana Prep Banquet which was the brainchild of the Shreveport Times.
Over 350 attended the inaugural

Published: Wednesday, May 13, 2015LSU baseball fans were on their feet cheering before the Tigers’ game even started last Saturday night at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge when LSU football All-American Kevin Faulk was recognized as an upcoming 2015

Published: Tuesday, May 12, 2015PHOTO GALLERY
UL Lafayette supporters at Tigue Moore Field for last Saturday’s Ragin’ Cajuns baseball game were delighted to welcome back two alumni, Jake Delhomme and Yvette Girouard, who on June 27 will be

Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2015NATCHITOCHES – Paul Hoolahan, whose shrewd leadership over 19 years has helped keep the Allstate Sugar Bowl among college football’s elite postseason contests, has been named the 2015 recipient of the Dave Dixon

Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2015NATCHITOCHES – Bobby Dower and Glenn Quebedeaux, whose innovation and leadership helped shape the modern era of sports coverage around the state, are the recipients of the 2015 Distinguished Service Award in Sports

Published: Tuesday, April 7, 2015Representatives of City Bank and Trust presented Lisa Babin, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation President, a check for $1,000 as it continues its multi-year sponsorship with the Hall.
Pictured are Vice Presidents

Published: Friday, March 27, 2015SHREVEPORT - The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation and the David Toms Foundation have postponed the inaugural David Toms Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Golf Classic scheduled for Monday, setting a new date of Tuesday,

Published: Wednesday, March 25, 2015Visitation and a funeral service is Friday morning in his hometown of Alexandria for 1995 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Robert “Bobby” Lowther.
Lowther, LSU’s only two-sport first-team

Published: Wednesday, March 18, 2015The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum in Natchitoches has formed a partnership with its university neighbor, Northwestern State, and the Louisiana State Museum System.
The cooperative

Published: Tuesday, March 10, 2015NATCHITOCHES – Thanks to the longtime friendship between legendary college football coaches Paul “Bear” Bryant and Eddie Robinson, there’s a bond between the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Grambling

Published: Friday, January 16, 2015Dr. Paul Harch, LSUHSC Clinical Professor of Medicine, is the principal investigator on a randomized prospective trial to determine the effectiveness of 40 hyperbaric oxygen treatments on symptoms and cognitive function in

Published: Thursday, December 4, 2014Natchitoches - The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is launching an online auction just in time for holiday shopping. To bid on items, Click Here! The online auction was created to secure the additional revenue

Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2014CANTON, OHIO – Class of 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer and New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has pledged two significant gifts totaling $11 million to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The contribution is the

Published: Tuesday, November 18, 2014MONROE, La. -- Former head football coach and ULM athletics hall of fame member Pat Collins was honored during Saturday’s game against UL- Lafayette.
In ULM’s home finale against UL-L, Collins took part in the

Published: Thursday, November 13, 2014EASLEY, S.C - Alvin Dark, a 1976 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee who was raised in Lake Charles, became a star athlete at LSU and UL-Lafayette, and won baseball’s greatest prize, a World Series championship, as

Published: Saturday, November 1, 2014NATCHITOCHES – The intensity of the annual LSU-Alabama matchup, perhaps unmatched this century in college football, is personified by Les Miles and Nick Saban, the distinctive and remarkably successful head coaches of

Published: Friday, September 12, 2014NEW ORLEANS – Warren Perkins, a 2007 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee who started in the first-ever NBA game in 1949 after starring at Tulane, passed away Friday afternoon at the age of 92.
Perkins was an iconic

Published: Monday, August 11, 2014Proving that preparing for the annual Induction Weekend requires year-round effort is a check presentation by Alliance Compressors of Natchitoches in support of the 2015 Induction Weekend.
"Alliance Compressor has a track

Published: Friday, August 1, 2014Cox Sports Television will continue airing an exciting one-hour highlight program of the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
2014 Inductees included Pete Boudreaux, the legendary Catholic High School

Published: Monday, July 7, 2014NATCHITOCHES – For the 12th consecutive year, Cox Sports Television and Louisiana Sports Writers Association productions will combine to broadcast the highlights of last month’s induction ceremonies of the

Published: Thursday, July 3, 2014The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame museum is in the current issue of innovative design! The article provides the most concise overview of the thought process behind the design of the museum and the best collection of photos

Published: Sunday, June 29, 2014A.L. Williams said Joe Delaney had come by to see him the day he drowned.
“Sidney Thornton had been cut (less than a week earlier) by the Steelers, and Joe came by to tell me and asked me if I could help Sidney get on

Published: Monday, June 23, 2014As any athlete knows, it’s nice to set the tone early in a sports event.
Joe Macaluso, the longtime outdoors writer for the Baton Rouge Advocate and the first honoree up to the podium at the Louisiana Sports Hall of

Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2014There are many paths to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and each visitor must find his or her own way.
Some take the Expressway, the swift and direct route, never detouring off the beaten path. Others take the back

Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2014“I am the luckiest guy in the world for all of the people I have been associated with. I’ve learned from every one of them.”
Those are the words of Wright Waters, who will be inducted into the Louisiana

Published: Wednesday, June 18, 2014Richard “Moon” Ducote’ of Cottonport became nationally famous in 1918 for kicking a field goal.
It wasn’t just any field goal, nor was “Moon” Ducote’ just any player.
It was a

Published: Tuesday, June 17, 2014Getting to coach at his alma mater, Baton Rouge’s Catholic High, was a dream come true for Pete Boudreaux.
The Bears were second in the district in track and field in his first year, 1969. It was the school’s

Published: Monday, June 16, 2014When Shane Reynolds headed to Venezuela in 1991, he was determined to get his baseball career in gear.
Back then, the Bastrop native was a minor leaguer in the Houston Astros farm system. His Double-A manager

Published: Sunday, June 15, 2014Versatility has been one of the hallmarks of a nearly 4½-decade career in sports journalism for the Baton Rouge Advocate's Joe Macaluso, who'll be honored June 21 as the 2014 Distinguished Service Award winner by the

Published: Saturday, June 14, 2014Venus Lacy is a huge fan of “Forrest Gump” because the early life of the hero in the 1994 Academy Award Best Picture so closely resembles her own.
Like Gump, played by Tom Hanks in the movie, Lacy had to wear

Published: Friday, June 13, 2014NATCHITOCHES -- Tynes Hildebrand had to travel over some dirt roads to get from his home in Florien to Northwestern State so he could enroll and play basketball for legendary coach H. Lee Prather’s Demons in 1950.

Published: Thursday, June 12, 2014On June 21, Lionel Washington will be inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Three decades ago, there was another honor which became a major influence in Washington’s subsequent achievements.
In 1984,

Published: Wednesday, June 11, 2014Beryl Shipley knew that some decisions he made while basketball coach at Southwestern Louisiana were not going to be popular with those in power.
He fought to take his all-white 1965 team to the NAIA national tournament,

Published: Tuesday, June 10, 2014An exceptional college and pro football career put offensive guard Alan Faneca on the fast track to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
As if to remove any doubts about his worthiness, the former LSU Tiger and Pittsburgh

Published: Sunday, June 1, 2014We are excited to announce that Bank of Montgomery (BOM) has once again donated funds in support of the annual Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration. BOM's Carrie Beth Hough and Reba Phelps recently presented

Published: Thursday, May 22, 2014NATCHITOCHES – Online transactions are now available four weeks away from the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration, honoring 11 state sports heroes with a series of events including the La Capitol

Published: Wednesday, May 21, 2014Want a 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Program autographed by six of Louisiana's greatest sports legends? It's as simple as #LSHOF14! That's right, if you use the hashtag #LSHOF14 on Twitter, you'll be

Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2014NATCHITOCHES - With one month remaining until the start of the 2014 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration, the official hashtag for the three-day weekend has been announced.
Fans looking for the latest news

Published: Wednesday, April 9, 2014The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is excited to announce that City Bank & Trust Company is a $1,000 Banquet Sponsor for the upcoming 2014 Induction Weekend, June 19-21!
Left to Right: City Bank Mortgage

Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2014Funeral services will be held April 2 in his hometown of Harahan for 1983 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Francis “Hank” E. Lauricella, a New Orleans high school football great who was runner-up in voting for the 1951

Published: Monday, March 3, 2014NATCHITOCHES – Family, friends, former players and colleagues of Don Shows, the 2011 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee who became one of the state’s legendary high school football coaches, are mourning his passing early

Published: Wednesday, February 5, 2014NATCHITOCHES, La. -- The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation has a limited number of All Access Passes available from the National Basketball Retired Players Association’s (NBRPA) for the Legends of Basketball’s

Published: Saturday, February 1, 2014NATCHITOCHES – Acclaimed Baton Rouge-based outdoors writer and broadcaster Joe Macaluso, in his fifth decade of colorful and insightful coverage for the Baton Rouge Advocate, has won the 2014 Distinguished Service Award in

Published: Thursday, January 30, 2014The Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the impactful opening of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum with presentation of its Tourism Advancement Award this week.
The

Published: Thursday, December 5, 2013NATCHITOCHES - The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation has launched "Game Changers," an annual membership program created to enhance the support the Foundation provides to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the

Published: Tuesday, November 26, 2013NATCHITOCHES – Marksville physician and Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame member Dr. L.J. Mayeux has been elected chairman of the board of the Hall of Fame Foundation, while five new board members have been seated this month.

Published: Monday, November 18, 2013BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 2001 inductee Joe Dean, a transcendent figure in LSU sports history who went from an outstanding basketball player for the Tigers to serving as the school’s longest tenured

Published: Thursday, November 7, 2013Admission is free Tuesday, Nov. 12 beginning at 5 p.m. at the new Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum for an engaging evening at this world-class facility in historic downtown Natchitoches.

Published: Wednesday, November 6, 2013Own a piece of college football history by purchasing a limited edition, signed, 14 X 18 print which distinctively captures the greatest modern day college football rivalry – LSU versus Alabama. Coaches Les Miles and Nick

Published: Wednesday, October 2, 2013Game Changers The Rousing Legacy of Louisiana Sports by Marty Mule'
Louisiana defies logic when it comes to sports. Its native sons, daughters, and teams have left stamps on sports all out of proportion for what could be

Published: Tuesday, September 24, 2013BATON ROUGE – The head coach and architect of LSU’s 1958 football National Championship, who later served as athletics director at LSU, Paul Dietzel, passed away early Tuesday morning after a brief illness at the age of 89.

Published: Sunday, August 11, 2013Speed Racer: Metairie's Knot Farrington has always loved fast cars. Fifty years ago his modified Ford Thunderbird set a speed record of 241.78 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. His record breaking sports car is

Published: Sunday, July 14, 2013With all the honors and accolades he’s received, Ruston Daily Leader executive sports editor O.K. Buddy Davis could have easily hit the big-time press circuit years and years ago.
But big city lights aren’t what makes the

Published: Thursday, July 11, 2013NATCHITOCHES – Cox Sports Television for the 11th consecutive year will showcase the 2013 induction class for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame when the annual ceremonies are broadcast on a tape-delayed basis beginning this

Published: Tuesday, July 2, 2013The new Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History museum will be open on Thursday, July 4 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. to accommodate visitors to “Celebration on the Cane” in downtown Natchitoches.
We may be the

Published: Monday, July 1, 2013NATCHITOCHES -- Shaquille O'Neal delivered a mostly heartfelt, serious speech upon his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night in the Natchitoches Events Center.
But he couldn't leave the stage

Published: Thursday, June 27, 2013A collection of baseballs signed by slugger Mel Ott, Archie Manning’s No. 8 New Orleans Saints jersey and a souped-up Ford Thunderbird that became the fastest car in the world in 1963 are just a few of the artifacts that

Published: Wednesday, June 26, 2013Larry Wright almost fell out of his chair.
Told about James “Jimmy” Jones being a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction class of 2013, Wright exclaimed:“You mean Jimmy isn’t there already? You have to be

Published: Tuesday, June 25, 2013The seeds of self-confidence Kevin Mawae says he needed to become one of the top NFL centers of modern times were planted by Kenny Ferro.
Ferro, a 65-year-old New Orleans native who now is a special education teacher in

Published: Tuesday, June 25, 2013Ronald Ardoin is the seventh thoroughbred jockey to be honored with induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. His path, however, is different than the other modern-era jockeys who have reached the pinnacle in their

Published: Monday, June 24, 2013Chanda Rubin doesn't dwell on the injuries that shortened her professional tennis career.
She's more pragmatic than that, too well-grounded to dwell on what-ifs and let them dictate who she is.
Rubin has her real estate

Published: Sunday, June 23, 2013Where do you start when trying to put your arms around the very large life and career of Shaquille O’Neal?
No one really has the arms that are big enough, literally and figuratively.
Let’s see, there is national college

Published: Saturday, June 22, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? My first involvement with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame was when I participated in the events surrounding my father, Grits Gresham's,

Published: Friday, June 21, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? Involvement with the Louisiana Sports Writers Assn.--going back to 1966--and friendship with Jerry Pierce and Doug Ireland.
2. What do you

Published: Friday, June 21, 2013Unless your basketball team was competing against his, you might have found yourself cheering for Ervin Johnson. And no one would have blamed you.
What was not to like? Ervin Johnson was as unassuming and mild-mannered as

Published: Thursday, June 20, 2013The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is the home to Super Bowl champions, Olympic gold medalists and Kentucky Derby winners, among its vast collection of legendary figures.
One thing it does not have is someone who caused the

Published: Wednesday, June 19, 2013Since Edward ‘Skeets’ Tuohy, Jr. was born and raised and then educated at Chicago’s St. Phillips High School and, since he harbored plans to attend college at Loyola, the most likely destination for a native of the Windy

Published: Tuesday, June 18, 2013Not long before her death in 1998 at age 93, Anna Koll of New Orleans was told by her nephew, Bill Koll, that she had been nominated for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
Her response was “Why?”
Actually, the response

Published: Monday, June 17, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? I am friends with Bob Tompkins, the sports editor for the Alexandria Daily Town Talk. Bob knew I liked sports and asked me to get involved

Published: Friday, June 14, 2013Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne is announcing a leader for the Louisiana State Museum’s newest attraction. State Museum registrar Jennae Biddiscombe (pictured left) has been promoted to branch director of the Louisiana Sports Hall

Published: Wednesday, June 12, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? I attended events in the 1980s and was astounded at the access everyone had to greats like Lou Brock, Bob Love, Bert Jones, etc., and at the

Published: Monday, June 10, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? When I was notified that I would be the recipient of the 2012 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award.
2. What do you do when you’re

Published: Monday, June 3, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? I first became engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame about two years ago when we started looking into the possibility of building a

Published: Monday, June 3, 2013Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation are hosting a grand opening reception in Natchitoches Friday, June 28 for the state’s newest and most dazzling cultural attraction—the Louisiana

Published: Saturday, June 1, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? Back in the early 1970s when I was president of the LSWA and we opened the hall of fame at Northwestern State..first one into the Hall when

Published: Saturday, May 25, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? As my participation in the Louisiana Sports Writers Association grew, my interest in the Hall of Fame did the same. I was added to the Hall

Published: Wednesday, May 22, 2013NATCHITOCHES – The doors open for the first time at the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum on Friday evening, June 28, in an exclusive Grand Opening for the $23 million shrine in historic

Published: Tuesday, May 21, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? I was an original member of the selection committee.
2. What do you do when you’re not assisting the LSHOF? The Advocate’s New Orleans

Published: Saturday, May 18, 20131. How did you first become engaged with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame (LSHOF)? I donated my collection of Pistol Pete Maravich Memorabilia to the Hall after serving as Executive Vice President of the New Orleans Jazz.

Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013Arrangements have been set for the mother of Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Chairman, Doug Ireland.
Visitation for Genevieve "Genny" Ireland will be Monday, May 13 from 4:00-8:00 pm at Edmonds Funeral Home in Jonesboro, La.

Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2013NATCHITOCHES - With less than two months remaining until the start of the 2013 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration, the official hashtag for the three-day weekend has been announced.
Fans looking for the

Published: Wednesday, May 1, 2013NATCHITOCHES – Opening the doors to the spectacular Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum provides an unprecedented highlight for the annual Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration June 27-29 that honors an

Published: Thursday, April 18, 2013BATON ROUGE – The LSU Board of Supervisors on Wednesday unanimously approved a proposal from the LSU Athletic Department to name the baseball field at Alex Box Stadium after legendary baseball coach Skip Bertman.
The field

Published: Thursday, April 11, 2013NATCHITOCHES – Pulitzer Prize-winning outdoors writer Bob Marshall, a veteran of four decades with the New Orleans Times-Picayune, has won the 2013 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism from the Louisiana Sports

Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013FERRIDAY -- Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame member Johnny "Red" Robertson, who led Ferriday High to four state championships and a state record 54-game streak without a loss, died Tuesday at the age of 88 in his adopted

Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013NEW ORLEANS – The 2013 inductees to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame will be announced exclusively on Cox Sports Television this Saturday night on “CST Tonight!” The show will air LIVE at 10 p.m. from the Louisiana CAT

Published: Tuesday, January 1, 2013The new year rang in with a bang for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame as December 2012 brought a record amount of traffic to LaSportsHall.com, the official website of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
The December traffic

Published: Sunday, December 30, 2012NATCHITOCHES -- A memorial mass will be said Friday, Jan. 4, at 1 o’clock in Holy Cross Catholic Church at 126 Second Street in Natchitoches for Walter Ledet, a 1995 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee who was

Published: Thursday, December 27, 2012NATCHITOCHES – A memorial service for Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame broadcaster Norm Fletcher, whose seven decades in radio included 30 years as the voice of Northwestern State sports teams, will be held Saturday at 10 a.m.

Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2012NATCHITOCHES -- Doug Ireland is the Town Talk's 2012 Central Louisiana Sportsman of the Year, but he is not an athlete or coach -- at least not in the sense that we are accustomed to seeing either an athlete or coach honored

Published: Sunday, December 16, 2012NATCHITOCHES – Norm Fletcher, a Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame member for his broadcasting career who also was elected three times as Natchitoches Parish sheriff, died at the age of 82 Friday afternoon in the Natchitoches

Published: Saturday, December 15, 2012NATCHITOCHES – Walter Ledet, Northwestern State’s first All-America football player who became a legendary coaching figure and a high-ranking university administrator along with an influential leader in the Natchitoches

Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2012A permanent sign of the immense influence of Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame member Dave Dixon is in place in his beloved New Orleans. On Wednesday, December 12, 2012, Girod Street will be officially renamed Dave Dixon Drive

Published: Sunday, December 9, 20122010 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee J.T. Curtis guided his 25th career state championship high school football victory Saturday afternoon at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, as John Curtis finished an

Published: Saturday, December 1, 2012OPELOUSAS, LA - November 17, 2012 - Dr. Tommy Hays and Charles Forbes, Jr.'s Open Me A Corona became the first Quarter Horse in history to win a $1 million race in Louisiana on Saturday, November 17, 2012.
Press:
Louisiana

Published: Saturday, November 3, 2012NATCHITOCHES - After a two-month push to match a $250,000 Challenge Grant issued to quickly raise funding for exhibits in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum, the goal has been reached and exceeded, Hall of Fame

Published: Friday, October 26, 2012NATCHITOCHES, LA- A major Louisiana corporation is stepping forward to make a generous contribution to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Natchitoches.
Friday, Atmos Energy Corporation presented a $25,000

Published: Thursday, October 25, 2012In the final days as the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is surging toward a much-needed match of a $250,000 Challenge Grant, Hall of Fame supporters are still riding the inspiration provided by the very generous

Published: Friday, October 5, 2012October 5, 2012 – The New Orleans Saints and Hornets have contributed $250,000 to help fund exhibits and support promotion of the spectacular Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame currently in the final stages of construction in

Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2012Click Here to Meet the Hall of Fame Challenge!
NATCHITOCHES – Contributions of any size are being sought through October to match a $250,000 challenge grant supporting the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum exhibits,

Published: Friday, August 31, 2012NATCHITOCHES – A month-long push in September is underway to match a $250,000 challenge grant supporting the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum, which is nearing completion while seeking over $700,000 in private funding to

Published: Saturday, August 25, 2012Legendary Philadelphia Eagles running back Steve Van Buren, an LSU product who was one of the first inductees in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1961, passed away Thursday in Lancaster, PA, after battling pneumonia. He

Published: Saturday, August 11, 2012METAIRIE – A funeral service is Monday at 2 p.m. in Metairie for 2011 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Elmo Adolph, a world-renowned boxing official, who passed away suddenly in his sleep Thursday morning at the age of

Published: Friday, August 3, 2012The first weekend in August is a big one for honors flowing to members of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, highlighted by 2009 inductee Willie Roaf going into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Five other Hall

Published: Thursday, August 2, 2012NATCHITOCHES – Eleven more air dates in August, including four showings in the first five days of the month, have been added by Cox Sports Television for the hour-long showcase providing coverage of the 2012 Louisiana Sports

Published: Tuesday, June 19, 2012NATCHITOCHES – The 2012 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration this weekend is a sellout, with banquet tickets, golf entries and Championship Friday kids clinic registration at capacity for the series of events

Published: Friday, June 15, 2012An online auction featuring some remarkable sports experiences, memorabilia and much more among nearly 40 items available for bid is open on the internet until next Thursday night, supporting the Louisiana Sports Hall of

Published: Wednesday, June 6, 2012With interest ramping up as the 2012 Induction Weekend nears June 21-23, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Facebook page has crossed another threshold with 500 fans.
The page was created earlier this year and is a vibrant

Published: Saturday, June 2, 2012MANSFIELD – Funeral services for Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame basketball legend Orlando Woolridge are set for Saturday, June 9, at 10 a.m. in the Mansfield High School gymnasium, after a Friday 7 p.m. visitation at Jenkins

Published: Sunday, May 27, 2012NATCHITOCHES – The 2012 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Weekend is now less than a month away with sales continuing for banquet tickets, golf entries and congratulatory advertisements for the June 21-23 event

Published: Saturday, May 19, 2012Upcoming 2012 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Deuce McAllister has been selected for enshrinement in the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame this fall.
McAllister and Saints owner/president Tom Benson will be the 2012

Published: Thursday, May 17, 2012BATON ROUGE – Charles Alexander, a two-time All-American and Heisman Trophy finalist who played at LSU from 1975-78, has been named to the prestigious College Football Hall of Fame, it was announced by the National Football

Published: Saturday, May 5, 2012NEW ORLEANS -- Looking at Bill Bumgarner, images of basketball do not immediately come to mind.
But his name has appeared on thousands of newspaper stories over the past 40 years and he has shared space on front pages with

Published: Thursday, May 3, 2012The Bank of Montgomery, with its main branch in Natchitoches located adjacent to the future home of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Museum, is the latest business to sign on as a key supporter of the 2012 Hall of Fame

Published: Wednesday, May 2, 2012MONROE, LA -- Mike Vining retired from coaching basketball in 2005, yet he’s still using the same skill set in his current position.
For the past two years, the former University of Louisiana at Monroe men’s coach has

Published: Tuesday, May 1, 2012NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame members Gary Barbaro, Rickey Jackson and Vaughn Johnson were among 12 former NFL players who recently filed suit against the league and others over concussions, brain injuries and

Published: Sunday, April 29, 2012NATCHITOCHES – Secure online transactions are available to order banquet tickets, golf entries and congratulatory advertisements for the 2012 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Weekend June 21-23 headlined by football

Published: Friday, April 27, 2012NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA – The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation (LSHOFF) is proud to announce that Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has once again supported the Foundation as the title sponsor of the 2012

Published: Thursday, April 26, 2012BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame members Dr. James Andrews and Gayle Hatch, whose professional lives have been transformational to the American sports scene, are among five people being honored May 10 at the 22nd

Published: Tuesday, April 3, 2012March Madness is one of the highlights of the year in sports and it helped create a new monthly record for traffic on the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame website.
A record 13,604 unique visitors checked out the official

Published: Monday, April 2, 2012Legendary former LSU basketball coach Dale Brown is front and center this weekend at the NCAA Final Four in New Orleans – and so is former Tigers player, and director of athletics, Joe Dean.
Brown, a 1999 Louisiana Sports

Published: Saturday, March 24, 2012NATCHITOCHES – Dr. L.J. Mayeux of Marksville, the former national president and Chairman of the Board for Ducks Unlimited, is the 2012 recipient of the Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award presented by the Louisiana

Published: Thursday, March 22, 2012A funeral mass will be held Saturday in Metairie for Mel Parnell, a 1963 inductee in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame who is one of the greatest pitchers in Boston Red Sox history. Parnell, 89, passed away Tuesday in his

Published: Thursday, March 22, 2012NATCHITOCHES – Two very influential figures in the coverage of sports across Louisiana for decades, Baton Rouge sports editor Butch Muir and New Orleans sportswriter Bill Bumgarner, are the winners of the 2012 Distinguished

Published: Wednesday, March 21, 2012Mel Parnell, one of the fabled pitchers in Boston Red Sox history and a 1963 inductee in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, passed away Tuesday in his hometown of New Orleans at the age of 89. Parnell is survived by his

Published: Friday, March 16, 2012Twelve figures from Grambling State University's athletic lore -- including 2004 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame inductee Albert Lewis and upcoming 2012 enshrinee Aaron James -- will be part of the fourth-annual Grambling

Published: Sunday, March 11, 2012Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame members Kim Mulkey and Teresa Weatherspoon are enshrined in the state’s sport hall thanks to their remarkable playing careers at point guard, primarily at Louisiana Tech, but their coaching

Published: Saturday, March 3, 2012Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 1983 inductee Lou Brock, who grew up in Mer Rouge in northeast Louisiana and starred on the baseball diamond for Southern’s Jaguars before a Baseball Hall of Fame career in the major leagues,

Published: Thursday, March 1, 2012Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 1999 inductee Dale Brown and his two LSU basketball Final Four teams, in 1981 and 1986, will be honored by the United States Basketball Writers Association at the annual College Basketball

Published: Monday, February 20, 2012Two Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame members, Willie Brown and James “Shack” Harris, were among the 2012 inductees in the Black College Football Hall of Fame this past weekend, joining seven other state sports hall inductees in

Published: Wednesday, February 8, 2012New Orleans native Rusty Staub, a 1989 inductee in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, headlined the 2012 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame class announced Tuesday.
Staub will be enshrined June 23 in St. Mary’s, Ontario. He was

Published: Saturday, February 4, 2012Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame 2009 inductee Willie Roaf was elected Saturday to the 2012 class for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
He becomes the 16th Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame member to earn enshrinement in the Canton,

Published: Saturday, January 28, 2012NATCHITOCHES – Five football standouts, led by star NFL running backs Deuce McAllister of the New Orleans Saints and Baton Rouge native Warrick Dunn, are among the eight 2012 inductees who will enter the Louisiana Sports

Published: Friday, January 27, 2012NEW ORLEANS – The 2012 inductees to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame will be announced exclusively on Cox Sports Television this Saturday on CST Tonight!. The show will air LIVE at 10:00pm from the Louisiana CAT Studios in

Published: Friday, December 16, 2011Former Louisiana Sports Writers Association president Jim McLain is now selling copies of his Cold War spy thriller novel Double Team Trap.
The book, whose heroes are basketball players serving in the U.S. Army in 1957,

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame members J.T. Curtis and Don Shows padded their impressive career records Saturday by winning state championships at the 2011 Louisiana High School Athletic Association's Superdome Classic

Published: Friday, December 9, 2011Yesterday, the Utah Jazz announced that 2000 Hall of Fame Inductee, Mike Sanders, would take over as Manager of Player Development.
As a player, Sanders earned All-American honors at DeRidder High School and went on to UCLA

Published: Friday, December 2, 2011For the second time in three months, the official website of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, www.lasportshall.com, has reached a new single-month mark for website visitors during the month of November. Exceeding the

Published: Wednesday, November 23, 2011Louisiana Sports Hall of Famers Will Roaf and Aeneas Williams are among the 26 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2012.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame made the announcement Tuesday in Canton, Ohio,

Published: Thursday, November 17, 2011Today marks the official launch of "Man in the Glass: The Dale Brown Story," the award-winning documentary film about legendary basketball coach and Louisiana Sports Hall of Famer, Dale Brown. Dubbed "The film the NCAA

Published: Tuesday, October 4, 2011Rising interest in the official website of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, www.lasportshall.com, has been reflected in a new single-month record for website hits during September.
There were 10,197 hits on the site last

Published: Friday, September 30, 2011If you missed this year's Induction Ceremony, you can now purchase The 2011 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Showcase, hosted by Lyn Rollins and Tammi Arender for only $15! Enjoy an exciting hour-long recap of the 2011

Published: Thursday, September 29, 2011Monday, Oct. 3 is the deadline for nominations of candidates to be considered for the 2012 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award and the Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism, honors which are presented

Published: Friday, September 9, 2011Two Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Inductees are receiving
honors tonight as Skip Bertman and Carl Maddox are being inducted into the Class
of 2011 Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame. Maddox will be
honored

Published: Thursday, August 25, 2011Scotty Robertson left an indelible mark on Louisiana through his coaching at Byrd High School, Louisiana Tech and the New Orleans Jazz. And while much of his NBA coaching career (Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons) took him out

We are excited to announce that Chesapeake Energy Corporation will serve as the inaugural presenting sponsor of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony scheduled for Saturday evening, June 25 at the Natchitoches Event Center.

Two iconic figures on the Louisiana sports media scene who remain active today are the winners of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award in Sports Journalism from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association

The newest members of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame will be announced exclusively this Saturday night as Cox Sports TV joins with the Hall of Fame to introduce the 2011 class on its weekly news and hightlights program, "CST Tonight!"

Published: Wednesday, November 10, 2010NATCHITOCHES - The Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is elated to announce Sabine State Bank as its newest Champion Partner.
The funding provided by Champion Partners is absolutely essential to the LSHOF Foundation

Published: Tuesday, September 28, 2010NATCHITOCHES – Louisiana’s most tradition-rich annual sports event, the Allstate Sugar Bowl, has taken a leadership role in the development of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, becoming the first “Champion Partner” of the

Published: Monday, July 12, 2010NATCHITOCHES - Accomplished Shreveport businesswoman Lisa Babin, the 2005 Outstanding Professional Fundraising Executive in north Louisiana, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Louisiana Sports Hall

Published: Wednesday, July 7, 2010LOUISIANA SPORTS HALL OF FAME CEREMONY TO BEGIN AIRING WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON CST
NATCHITOCHES – The 2010 induction ceremony for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame will be highlighted in a one-hour special beginning at 6 p.m.

Published: Tuesday, June 15, 2010Since 1958, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame has honored the elite figures in state sports history. Only 277 men and women have previously been chosen for induction in the Hall of Fame. An expert panel of Louisiana Sports

Published: Monday, May 10, 20102010 Dave Dixon Louisiana Sports Leadership Award announcement
NATCHITOCHES – Gerald Boudreaux, who worked four NCAA Final Four basketball championship games in a 25-year career as a

Published: Friday, May 7, 20102010 Distinguished Service Award Winners
NATCHITOCHES – Two cornerstones of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, Natchitoches broadcast legend Norm Fletcher and New Orleans sportswriter Ted Lewis, are the winners of the 2010

Published: Friday, April 30, 2010Welcome to the redesigned www.lasportshall.com website for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation!
We are very proud to be associated with our website design firm, Pixel Fusion of

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009Football All-Pros Marshall Faulk, William Roaf and Michael Brooks, along with golf great Hal Sutton and women’s basketball coaching trailblazer Sonja Hogg, are among the eight 2009 inductees in the Louisiana Sports Hall of